Daniel Faraday
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Daniel Faraday is a fictional physicist and time-travel theorist from the television series "Lost," known for his pivotal role in the show's complex temporal storyline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Faraday canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9436393 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Faraday Context triple: [Jeremy Davies, characterPortrayed, Daniel Faraday]
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A.
Mr Farraday
Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
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B.
Charles Coulson
Charles Coulson was a prominent British theoretical chemist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and for authoring the influential book "Valence."
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C.
Daniel Quasar
Daniel Quasar is a graphic designer best known for creating the Progress Pride Flag, an updated version of the rainbow flag that emphasizes inclusion and intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ community.
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D.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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E.
Alexander Rush
Alexander Rush was a historical figure significant enough in Kansas history to have Rush County named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the region’s early development or governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Faraday Target entity description: Daniel Faraday is a fictional physicist and time-travel theorist from the television series "Lost," known for his pivotal role in the show's complex temporal storyline.
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A.
Mr Farraday
Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
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B.
Charles Coulson
Charles Coulson was a prominent British theoretical chemist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and for authoring the influential book "Valence."
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C.
Daniel Quasar
Daniel Quasar is a graphic designer best known for creating the Progress Pride Flag, an updated version of the rainbow flag that emphasizes inclusion and intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ community.
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D.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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E.
Alexander Rush
Alexander Rush was a historical figure significant enough in Kansas history to have Rush County named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the region’s early development or governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Physicist ⓘ Television character ⓘ Time travel theorist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Freighter science team
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Kahana freighter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Lost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | DHARMA Initiative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charlotte Lewis
NERFINISHED
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Desmond Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Shephard NERFINISHED ⓘ James Sawyer Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Juliet Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Straume NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic Flight 815 survivors ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Gunshot wound ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Damon Lindelof
NERFINISHED
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J. J. Abrams NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Lieber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathInSeason | 5 ⓘ |
| employer | Charles Widmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles Widmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Lost universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Lost season 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceEpisode | The Beginning of the End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| introducedInSeason | 4 ⓘ |
| killedBy | Eloise Hawking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Developing a time displacement theory
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Explaining time travel rules on Lost ⓘ Role in the Incident at the Swan construction site ⓘ |
| lastAppearanceEpisode | The Variable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Charlotte Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Eloise Hawking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Exposition character for temporal mechanics
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Key figure in Lost time travel storyline ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | ABC ⓘ |
| occupation |
Physicist
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Research scientist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jeremy Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Consciousness time travel
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Electromagnetic anomalies ⓘ Temporal displacement ⓘ |
| specialization |
Theoretical physics
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Time travel ⓘ |
| timePeriodActive |
1970s (DHARMA Initiative era)
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2000s (post-crash timeline) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Daniel Faraday Description of subject: Daniel Faraday is a fictional physicist and time-travel theorist from the television series "Lost," known for his pivotal role in the show's complex temporal storyline.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.